[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951) › c22.7 # History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c22.7 History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c22.7 - **Language:** English ### [c22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c22.7) This doctrine Gosāla opposed. For him belief in free will was a vulgar error. The strong, the forceful, and the courageous, like the weakling, the idler, and the coward, were all completely subject to the one principle which determined all things.⁴ “Just as a ball of thread when thrown will unwind to its full length, so fool and wise alike will take their course, and make an end of sorrow.”¹ - [Previous: c22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c22.6) - [Next: c22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c22.8) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c22.7) · Pramāṇa